Aboriginal Quotes

80 quotes by 62 authors

The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull… — Tony Abbott
I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more. — Tori Amos
Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy - but to the enlightened… — W.C. Fields
The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we should have matter,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's a very Aboriginal thing to do, to give younger people greater responsibilities within the community as they become able to take those responsibilities on.… — Jackie Huggins
It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as an Aboriginal tennis… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley
I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of travelling and visited… — Lionel Rose
I'm going to win it for my country. I'm the first Aboriginal to win this. Isn't that something? I wish my Dad was alive to… — Lionel Rose
I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian… — Cathy Freeman
I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of… — Cathy Freeman
Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors… — Lowitja O'Donoghue
We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know,… — Neville Bonner
As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of those who had… — Neville Bonner
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and… — Patrick Dodson
My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status,… — Bindi Irwin
We must start understanding other cultures, such as the Aboriginal culture. They have a harmony with the Earth and from that harmony has grown a… — Ian Cohen
Colors are primordial ideas, children of the aboriginal colorless light and its counterpart, colorless darkness Light, that first phenomenon of the world, reveals to us… — Johannes Itten
I find it difficult to say I'm black first and a woman second or vice versa. I can't make that kind of distinction. Amongst Aboriginal… — Pat O'Shane
What is important is that I have been able to demonstrate to other women and also to Aboriginal people generally that Aboriginal people are capable… — Pat O'Shane

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62 authors contributed a total of 80 Aboriginal Quotes, led by these top contributors: